40/29's Pedro Rivera reports from the Hot Springs Convention Center where Donald Trump will be the keynote speaker for the sold out Reagan-Rockefeller Dinner

40/29's Pedro Rivera reports from the Hot Springs Convention Center where Donald Trump will be the keynote speaker for the sold out Reagan-Rockefeller Dinner

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Updated: 9:30 AM CDT Jul 17, 2015

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WEBVTT TELL US ABOUT THE EVENT. PEDRO: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP WILL SPEAK IN THE NATURAL STATE TONIGHT. IT'S FOR THE REAGAN-ROCKEFELLER DINNER HERE AT THE HOT SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER. IT'S GOING TO BE DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO COME THEY HAVE ALREADY SOLD OUT FOR , THE EVENT. THIS YEAR, THE CONTROVERSIAL BUSINESS MOGUL TURNED REALITY STAR WILL SPEAK TO A ROOM OF REPUBLICANS. I SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARKANSAS AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE TRUMP FOR ANY SPECIFIC REASON. THEY SENT AN INVITE TO EVERY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND TRUMPS CAMPAIGN WAS THE FIRST TO REPLY. TRUMP HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL SINCE ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY, MAKING SEVERAL CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION. DONALD TRUMP: WHEN I DON'T ENCOURAGES PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, AND I DON'T ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNMENT FORCES SOME PEOPLE IN THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT. PEDRO: THESE COMMENTS HAVEN'T SLOWED DOWN TONIGHT'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER -- TRUMP IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LEADERS IN MOST EARLY POLLS WHILE IN A VERY CROWDED GROUP OF REPUBLICANS VYING FOR THE PRESIDENCY. GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON AND OTHER KEY LEADERS IN THE PARTY WILL SPEAK AT TONIGHT'S DINNER, THE RECEPTION BEGINS AT 6:00. LIVE IN HOT SPRINGS, PEDRO RIVERA, 40/29 NEWS. YUNA: THIS IS THE LARGEST

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40/29's Pedro Rivera reports from the Hot Springs Convention Center where Donald Trump will be the keynote speaker for the sold out Reagan-Rockefeller Dinner